[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt) › 29.2 # Ashtangasamgraha 29.2 English (machine translation) 29.2 - **Language:** English ### [29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.29.2) Medicine administered into the nose is nasya; / it also receives the designations nāvana and nastahkarma. / For the nose is the doorway to the head. / Medicine poured therein reaches the srotas-confluence \[śṛṅgāṭaka\], pervades the head, and draws out the entire pathogenic collection of doṣas residing above the collarbones from the supreme organ \[the head\] quickly—just as an internal stalk is drawn out from muñja reed—which has become stuck to the openings of the channels of the eyes, ears, throat, and other parts. - [Previous: 29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.29.1) - [Next: 29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.29.3) - [Up: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.29) ## Commentaries (1) - [Śaśilekhā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha!indu.36.2) — Indu, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.29.2) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.29.2) · Pramāṇa